Unexpected early extinction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in Sweden and climatic impact on its Holocene range

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1252-1262

  Sommer, Robert S ^a,h   Lindqvist, Charlotte ^b,i   Persson, Arne ^c   Bringsøe, Henrik ^d   Rhodin, Anders G J ^e   Schneeweiss, Norbert ^f   Široký, Pavel ^g   Bachmann, Lutz ^b   Fritz, Uwe ^a  

^a Museum of Zoology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Chelonian Research Foundation ^*  (Denmark)

^e Chelonian Research Foundation   (United States)

^f Landesumweltamt Brandenburg   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Climate; Holocene; Phylogeography; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RADIOMETRY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SWEDEN; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLIMATE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN; TURTLES;

EMYDIDAE; EMYS; EMYS ORBICULARIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 61649115459     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04096.x     Document Type: Article

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